Nursing mother brutalised at police checkpoint

Police brutality reared its ugly in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Friday when a woman, Mrs. Toyin Adeyeye, her two months, old baby, Heritage, and her younger brother, Adeniyi Dada, were allegedly beaten up and detained for refusing to give bribe to Policemen at a checkpoint. The incident happened few meters away from the official residence of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abdullahi Chafe.
Mrs. Adeyeye returned from the United States of America, where she had gone to deliver the baby, ten days earlier. Apart from detaining the trio, the police also impounded the black Kia Picanto car with registration number LAGOS FKJ 221 EE with which they were coming from the market. The woman was breastfeeding her baby Saturday morning when our reporter visited the police station on a fact-finding mission.
Speaking with reporters on Saturday, the woman’s husband, Mr. Akanni Adeyeye said: “My wife and her brother were returning from the market at about 3.00 pm on Friday and on arrival at the checkpoint in front of the Pavilion very close to their station, they asked for all vehicle papers and driver’s licence which were produced and they are valid. After checking all the documents, the policemen were demanding for money to be given as ‘settlement’ which my wife and her brother refused.
“My wife drew their attention to the baby that was crying in the car. Five of them were beating her at the point of arrest and on getting to the station, the beating continued. After thoroughly beating her, they obtained her statement around 10.00 pm. There are wounds on the back of my wife and face to show for it.
“On getting to the station, they now cooked up a story that my wife slapped one of them and tore his uniform which is a lie. They are telling this lie to justify their action of their cruelty to my wife, my baby and my brother-in-law. Neither my wife nor her brother slapped any policeman or tore any uniform.”
Already, the state chapter of Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA), has launched an investigation into the matter as the state chairperson of the body, Mrs. Funke Anoma, visited the station in connection with the incident at about 12.30 pm.
When contacted on phone, the state Commissioner of Police, Abdullahi Chafe, said the detainees slapped a policeman on duty and tore his uniform, adding that the matter was still under investigation.
Chafe said: “Those people slapped my policeman on duty and tore their uniform. Uniform is an authority and what those people did was against the law and it is not good for a civilian to slap a policeman. It is not good for somebody to prevent a law enforcement officer from carrying out his lawful duty. Somebody wearing the uniform? It is not about his age but the authority he carries. I don’t allow my men to do something contrary to the law.”

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Gerald Okoduwa

Mr Commissioner, How can a woman just start tearing your men’s uniforms without a prior provocation? You are dealing with this matter with a mindset, pretending that your men do not demand bribes from motorists. To brutalize a woman, moreso, a nursing mother is purely barbaric. The culprits must be brought to book including this Commissioner of Police who has obviously taken sides with his so called ‘men’. Does the police uniform give the wearer the right to brutalize women for refusing to give bribes? Where is the Governor of Ekiti State who claims to be a man of the poor masses in all of this? Nigerians of conscience must speak up on this and get the Inspector General of Police to live up or get out.

Oluwadare Tope

Its rather unfortunate that rogues are the ones called Policemen. What do u expect from the so-called Commissioner? He sent them to go after bribe and always waiting for returns from his partners in crime.
l only pity the victims because this case may be swept under as usual.
l hope God punish them for this latest crime committed.

Ben Oguntuase

Mr. CP, If you are knowingly lying or distorting the facts to save your men, I declare that God will not forgive you and shall visit you with hell even right here on earth!

Bade

She slapped your men hm! She tore your men’s uniforms hm. And there was no provocation from your men! You yourself just look up even if you do not fear God, He is watching you. No matter what happened, you need to remember how your men behave on our high ways when a civilian refuses to give them N50 after presenting valid vehicle papers. Even some of us feel ashamed the image of the police that your men display in public.

richard alagbe

i think its high time people start installing cameras in their vehicles as to capture all occurrence in case of in human acts of the so called forces.

Angelic Micheal

I have no comment until the outcome of the investigation by FIDA. Let’s see how the whole scene played out with their investigation.

Emosix

Iam always ashamed of myself as Nigerian anytime I pass through police check point and those rogues in uniform reduce themselves to beggers and bring dishonour to that national symbol by asking “anything for us”. This woman’s case should be use to set example for other airing officers like in the case of the Apo 6

Stingdman

Mr CP talked before he reasoned as expected of a nigerian policeman. It showed the mindless state of Nigerian police which I NEVER regarded as my friend and they can never be one as long as they continue to chase naira instead of securing the lives and properties of Nigerians. Mr CP should, as a matter of urgency, tender an unreserved apology to this woman and submit his mad dogs for prosecution so that justice can be served